Sequoia

See also: sequoia, sequóia, and séquoia

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Sequoyah (1760-1843), Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people's language, from Cherokee sikwayi, of unknown meaning and origin.

Proper noun

Sequoia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – redwoods.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; Pinopsida - class; Pinidae - subclass; Pinales - order; Cupressaceae - family; Sequoioideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Sequoia sempervirens - sole extant species

Derived terms

• Sequoiadendron

References

• Sequoia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sequoia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sequoia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sequoia at USDA Plants database